Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9f4c210cd67d07e4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.3 KB Created: 2021-09-01 21:27:43 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: f75c57bbf1c4ea764dd4fe574948aba5 SHA-1: 7c98fbd0e11c303c085be4a5b538e6ce65ef6438 SHA-256: 9f4c210cd67d07e4e967b5c85c01d6c5c6b6b8d0c9e01aea49e9804072a7054c
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories or disposable hosting. This structure strongly suggests a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious sites, likely for phishing or malware delivery. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection further support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9987

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • PDF link farm points to compromised-WordPress upload storage medium PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM
    PDF contains multiple clickable links, across many distinct hosts, whose targets are random-slug files parked in the upload directories of vulnerable WordPress form plugins (FormCraft, Super Forms). This is the hallmark of the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains hosted on compromised sites. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • Small PDF is a non-clustered link farm on disposable hosting medium PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM
    Small PDF contains many clickable external PDF links spread thin across many distinct hosts (no single dominant host), corroborated by a utm_term SEO-redirector link and/or links parked on free/disposable content hosts. This is the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains, rather than a normal document citation pattern. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • External URI info PDF_URI
    PDF contains an external URL action
  • Object number defined twice with different bodies info PDF_DUPLICATE_OBJ_BODY_INCREMENTAL
    The same indirect object (N G) is defined more than once with different body bytes. First-wins and last-wins readers will resolve different content, which is a parser-confusion shape used by targeted PDFs. Body-only differences are common in benign incremental updates, so severity is raised only when the duplicate carries active content.
  • Embedded URL info EMBEDDED_URL
    One or more URLs were extracted from the document. The URL itself is not a detection — see the per-URL labels for which channel (macro, JS, link annotation, document body, ...) reached each URL.
    URL http://bayzones.com/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/userfiles/file/setagapubo.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.mclarenpress.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080863f1ab52---95833267309.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://delphin-restaurant.com/ckfinder/upload/files/41863529509.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://urgentcarepb.net/userfiles/file/volagezolopigokegow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vankouwenenmastop.nl/UserFiles/file/96476997850.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sacproblemleri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aafbe7eac1a---nekuvomasevubulelifusu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nandomoraes.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160960a8b82e57---45297437157.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://datawire.gr/files/files/44165236173.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ville-civaux.fr/admin/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wasotewavela.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://proxus.nl/file/tilozerav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ludifrance.fr/userfiles/file/10426520302.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rusiuojigalvoji.lt/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612e581b3e4a9---85541954013.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://le-lemniscus-incandescent.fr/ckeditor/upload/files/84984488804.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amazingindiaphotos.com/amazingindiaphotos//upload/fckimage/file/69623254210.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://readandenjoy.ae/userfiles/files/24588783796.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://greece-ex.com/images/blog//file/82463758741.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://test.uebersetzungen-nesselberger.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bf65f151e33---jiforatizubigumug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://deurwater.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160840742f12a7---88186857742.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inncredel.com/uploads/46343260129.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80aab8aioy.xn--p1ai/userfiles/file/34506218896.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lenoir-elec.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7tejehdehpuc8srj058ppa5frs/majagenuxixepanejiwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jysfh.com/upload_fck/file/2021-8-25/20210825124819801764.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://english-life.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075c5503dc49---vagoposazixikapu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=convert+square+feet+to+linear+yardsPDF link annotation
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#In PDF document text
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/In PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.netIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000c90a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC90A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000e121.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE121 10804 bytes
SHA-256: 201baf041ad011b6d4e7415598c3abc356a35a20dfcbd82a1cf5182f67662095
font_02_sfnt_off0000fa04.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFA04 15872 bytes
SHA-256: d4e469229fb3fe7a14e80f61b74d4e32611a674d0282987ef5fa5ceca5f634f6